Suspender-buckle case



(No Model.)

J. A. TRAUT. SUSPB'NDBR BUCKLE CASE. Y' No. 471,259. Patented Mar. 22, 1892.

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JUSTUS A. TRAUT, OF NEV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 471,259, dated March 22, 1892.

Application filed September 29, 1890. Serial No. 366,498. (N o model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUSTUS A. TRAUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britam, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Web-Cases for Suspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to frames or web cases for suspender-buckles, the object being to provide an improved construction thereof whereby the frame may be formed of sheet metal and may have a smooth interior surface opposite to the lever, the ends of the sheet-metal plate constituting the principal part of the frame and being joined at the back of the frame.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a front view of va buckle-frame embodying my present improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section showing the inside of the back ofthe frame. Fig. 3 is a back view of the frame. Fig. 4 is a top view of the frame.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional View in the line o. a,Fig.l. Fig. 6 is an end elevation as seen from the right hand in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a plan View of the blank for the buckle-frame before the same is bent or formed into shape. Fig. 8 is a plan view ofthe reinforcing-plate.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

The improved buckle-frame herein described comprises two parts, one being the frame proper and the other a reinforcing connecting-plate joining the ends of the frameplate at the back of the frame and strengthening the same. The frame-plate in its blank form is shown in Fig. 7, the plate being designated in a general way by B. In the middle partof the plate B is formed the usual pivotslot 7, in which the lever L of the buckle is pivotally supported, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. Beyond either end of said slot are the several folding-lines of the plate, the lines b c being those of the front corners of the frame, while the lines CZ e are those of the back corners of the frame, as indicated by similar reference characters in Fig. 4. The

end parts 4 and 6 of the plate B, which eX- tend beyond the folding-lines d e, together equal the length of the middle part S or front plate of the frame and meet in the completed frame at the line 9, Figs. l to 4.

In the upper and lower edges of the plate B, near the ends thereof, are formed two pairs of oppositely-disposed notches. One said pair is formed in the plate 4 and designated by l0 and 12, while the other pair is formed in the oppositely-disposed plate G and is designated by 14 and 16. The depth of said notches is in practice made equal to the thickness of the reinforcing-plate. The notches furnish a means of holding in place said reinforcingplate and for connecting by means of said plate the two parts 4 and 6-of the back plate of the buckle-frame.

The reinforcing-plate (designated in a general Way by D) consists of the plate 20, having two pairs of oppositely-disposed ears suitably constructed for engaging the aforesaid corresponding pairs of notches 10 12 and 14 1G, respectively. The plate D is adapted to be bent on the lines f f and g g, which correspond to the Width of the plate B between the notches 14 and 16, so that when said plate B is bent into the form of a buckle-frame, as indicated in Fig. 4, and the plate D placed thereon over the joint 9 the ears of said reinforcing-plate may be folded over the plates 4 and 6 in engagement with the aforesaid notches thereof and may be closed down against the inner side of the buckle-plate, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 5. This rigidly connects plates 4 and 6 by ears whose folding-lines or bends are parallel with the plate and crosswise to the direction of pressure thereon, so that the pressure of the lever L, acting through the suspender-web against the inner surface 2l, Fig. 5, of the back plate, is ineffective to loosen said fastenings.

The manufacture of my newly-invented buckle-frame is readily carried out by means of suitable dies, which being provided reduce the cost of the frame to a minimum and at the same time secure, as hereinbefore pointed out, a rigid construction having' relatively great strength and firmness and providing, also, the required smooth interior surface, as at 21, against which to clamp the suspenderweb. It will be understood that the length of the several ears ,11, 13, 15, and 17 when the same are folded over in engagement with the back plate, as set forth,is such that said ears IOC do not extend to the height of the pivot-slot 7, (this is shown in Figs. l, 3, and 5,) but leave a relatively broad surface at 2l free of ob stl-notions. In some instances, When the kind of lever used may so require, that part of the plate B between the lines 7L i, Fig. 7, and below the slot 7 may be removed, this feature not being` essential to my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I elaim- The improved buckle-frame herein described, consisting of the frame-plate B, having the front portion 8, the end portions, and

scribed. JUSTUS A. TRAUT. Titnessesz HENRY L. RECKARD, FRANCIS I-I. RICHARDS. 

